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PULL SOMEONE'S LEG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pull someone's leg mean?
• PULL SOMEONE'S LEG (verb)
The verb PULL SOMEONE'S LEG has 1 sense:
1. subject to a playful hoax or joke
Familiarity information: PULL SOMEONE'S LEG used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to a playful hoax or joke
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
hoax; play a joke on; pull someone's leg
Hypernyms (to "pull someone's leg" is one way to...):
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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